YUVAL NOAH HARARI

• Large numbers of strangers can cooperate successfully by believing in common myths.
• Yet none of these things exists outside the stories that people invent and tell one another. There are no gods in the universe, no nations, no money, no human rights, no l...

We know today more about how to isolate and handle large numbers of ill and dying patients, and doctors can prescribe antibiotics, not available in 1918, to combat secondary bacterial infections.
To the common-sense practices of social distancing and hand-washing, contemporary medicine can add...

A myth may attempt to answer some fundamental question in life, such as the origins of the world. A myth can also aim to explain mysteries or cultural traditions.

Cultures often have their own versions of common myths. One common myth found in many culture...